Behind The Lens

Recent Episodes

23 & 1: Solitary confinement in LA prisons is on the rise; also local churches provide shelter and power during outages using solar

Posted February 13, 2026 • 00:28:40

Bernard Smith on the dangers of solitary confinement and Delaney Dryfoos on resiliency hubs. [...]

A town on the brink of extinction: Modeste is facing an acute concentration of industry as a proposed new development threatens to engulf it

Posted February 6, 2026 • 00:31:05

Delaney Nolan on the town of Modeste and a new giant industrial park planned for the area. [...]

Emboldened: LA lawmakers ask FDA to restrict abortion meds nationally

Posted January 16, 2026 • 00:25:28

Marta Jewson on one year of Act 246, the Louisiana law that locked up life-saving maternal medication. Elise Plunk on a suspended LNG permit that was...

Instability is the word of the year for one local school

Posted January 9, 2026 • 00:28:39

Delaney Nolan on exit bonuses for voluntary deportation promised by the Department of Homeland Security. Marta Jewson on the fate of The Leah Chase...

An Oil Well in Reverse: Smitty’s hopes to inject liquid waste into a landfill in Jefferson Parish

Posted November 21, 2025 • 00:32:27

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality allows the operator of Smitty’s to dump pollutants from its recent explosion deep into a Jefferson...